George Osborne cartoon

The Chancellor's mantra 'there is no plan B', tying in the two stories of Tory activists being called swiveled-eyed loons and the International Monitory Fund criticising the Chancellor for having no alternative to his austerity policy, for Tribune Magazine.

With some experts criticising the slowest recovery in British history they argue that an economy cannot be expected to grow when most people have less available income. And as the policies begin to bite more and more Britons are forced to us food banks and claims of fatalities due to cuts to welfare and benefits payments fuel criticisms of the agenda theeconomic agenda the Government is pursuing.